UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT S.S. Lazio FC Vaslui Group D - Matchday 1 Stadio Olimpico, Rome Thursday 15 September 2011 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................10 Match officials..................................................................................................................12 Legend............................................................................................................................13 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html S.S. Lazio - FC Vaslui Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Previous meetings Head to Head None S.S. Lazio - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/08/07 QR3 FC Dinamo Bucureşti - S.S. Lazio 1-3 Bucharest Bratu 27; Rocchi 47(p), 66, Pandev 53 agg: 2-4 14/08/07 QR3 S.S. Lazio - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 1-1 Rome Mutarelli 54; Dănciulescu 22 FC Vaslui - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA S.S. Lazio 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 FC Vaslui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Last updated 13/09/11 14:35:59CET 2 Previous meetings S.S. Lazio - FC Vaslui Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Match background S.S. Lazio can take courage from statistics as they take on Romania's FC Vaslui in their opening UEFA Europa League Group D game, with the visitors eager to spring a surprise in Rome. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in Europe and this is also Vaslui's first meeting with Italian opponents. • Lazio took on FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, prevailing 3-1 in Bucharest after a 1-1 draw in Rome. • Ominously for Vaslui, only one Romanian side has won in 24 visits to Italy in UEFA club competition (the home side boasting the record W17 D6 L1). CFR 1907 Cluj broke the mould, beating Lazio's local rivals AS Roma 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico in the opening game of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage. Match background • Since a 2-2 draw against Real Madrid CF in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Lazio have been alternating home wins and home defeats for seven games; given that they won their last home fixture 6-0 against FK Rabotnicki, they would be due a defeat if that run was to continue. • Vaslui have won only once in eight European away games since making their continental debut in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. That lone win was a 2-0 at SK Liepājas Metalurgs in the UEFA Cup on 14 August 2008. In their six subsequent away games they have scored just once. Their overall European away record reads W1 D2 L5. Team facts • Vaslui centre-back Gladstone has played in Italy; he was loaned to Juventus at the start of the 2006 campaign by EC Cruzeiro, featuring in one Coppa Italia game before being moved on to Hellas-Verona FC. • Vaslui striker Adaílton also played in Italy for Parma FC, Verona, Genoa CFC and Bologna FC. • Lazio striker Tommaso Rocchi's two goals in the play-offs took his total to 99 in all competitions for the club. • Lazio boast Romanian talent in the form of left-back Ştefan Radu, who joined the club in 2008 from FC Dinamo Bucureşti following a successful loan spell. He and Vaslui's Silviu Bălace were team-mates at Dinamo in 2007. • Once a midfield colleague of Fabio Capello's at SPAL 1907, Lazio boss Edoardo Reja has been coaching since 1979, but did not make his Serie A debut until 1998, and had to wait another decade to make his European debut with SSC Napoli. • To date, Reja's sides have won all four of their European home games by a 15-2 aggregate scoreline. • Vaslui coach Viorel Hizo twice took both FC Rapid Bucureşti and FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ into Europe. He came up against Italian opposition with the latter, taking on Juventus in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round. His side lost the tie on goal difference, following a 1-1 draw in Romania and a 0-0 tie in Cesena. Last updated 13/09/11 14:35:59CET 3 Match background S.S. Lazio - FC Vaslui Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Team facts S.S. Lazio Formed: 1900 Nickname: The Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1999 • UEFA Cup: (1998) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1999 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (2000) Italian Cup: 5 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: group stage 2003/04: UEFA Champions League group stage 2002/03: semi-finals 2001/02: UEFA Champions League first group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Lazio v FK Rabotnicki 18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 0-4 on four occasions, most recently vPFC Levski Sofia (01/10/09, UEFA Europa League group stage) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Lazio v Chelsea FC 04/11/03, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: RC Lens v Lazio 02/11/77, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Lazio v FK Rabotnicki (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: on two occasions, most recently v PFC Levski Sofia (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Lazio v FC Barcelona 22/10/75, second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: RC Lens v Lazio (see above) Last updated 13/09/11 14:35:59CET 4 Team facts S.S. Lazio - FC Vaslui Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome FC Vaslui Formed: 2002 Nickname: Yellow Greens UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours League title: 0 Romanian Cup: 0 Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: first round 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA competition 2001/02: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-1: Vaslui v SK Liepājas Metalurgs 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg 2-0 on three occasions, most recently v AC Sparta Praga 18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-offs first leg • Biggest away win 0-2: SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Vaslui 14/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: AEK Athens FC v Vaslui 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-offs second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-1: Vaslui v SK Liepājas Metalurgs (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-2: SK Liepājas Metalurgs v Vaslui (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: AEK Athens FC v Vaslui (see above for details) Last updated 13/09/11 14:35:59CET 5 Team facts S.S. Lazio - FC Vaslui Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Olimpico, Rome Squad list S.S. Lazio Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Albano Bizzarri ARG 09/11/77 33 - 1 - - - 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 Alessandro Berardi ITA 16/01/91 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Luis Cavanda BEL 02/01/91 20 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 54 Tiziano Scarfagna ITA 26/01/94 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 83 Federico Marchetti ITA 07/02/83 28 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - Defenders 3 André Dias BRA 15/05/79 32 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - 20 Giuseppe Biava ITA 08/05/77 34 - 2 - - - 1 - 7 - 11 - 21 Modibo Diakhite FRA 02/03/87 24 - 1 - - - - - 5 - 7 - 26 Ştefan Radu ROU 22/10/86 24 - 1 - - - - - 15 - 23 1 29 Abdoulay Konko FRA 09/03/84 27 - - - - - 1 - 9 - 14 1 40 Luca Crescenzi ITA 02/04/92 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Claudio Andreoli ITA 01/04/94 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Tommaso Barluzzi ITA 01/02/94 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Edoardo Fagioli ITA 26/01/93 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Gianmarco Oddo ITA 28/06/94 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Riccardo Serpieri ITA 15/02/94